# Incident 20010618020109I: Piper PA24250, Bridgeport, TX, June 18, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 18, 2001, 10:20 local time
- Place: Bridgeport, TX
- Airport: Bridgeport Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.1740° N, 97.8284° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BRIDGEPORT MUNI (XBP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1740&lon=-97.8284&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6515P (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24250
- Reported engine: LYC O540*
- Pilot flight hours: 12,000 total, 11 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010618020109I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23) ON JUNE 18, 2001 AT APPROXIMATELY 1020, N6515P, PIPER PA-24-250 A SINGLE ENGINE AIRPLANE OPERATED BY MR. DOWNEY, LANDED SHORT OF RUNWAY 17 AT BRIDGEPORT AIRPORT, TEXAS. THE ENGINE FAILURE OCCURRED AT ABOUT 2.5 MILES ON FINAL ON RUNWAY 17, RESULTING IN AN OFF RUNWAY LANDING.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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